Published in the Rochester(IN) New-Sentinel, Monday, November 25, 1957

Mrs. Rettie May HOLLOWAY, 76, who lived most of her life in the Talma community, died at 7 a.m. today at the home of her son, Herman H. HOLLOWAY, R.R. 7, Rochester. She had been ill six months. Mrs. Holloway was born in Kosciusko county May 2, 1881, to Ancil and Emmaline McINTYRE BRYANT. In 1901 she was married to Charles B. HOLLOWAY, who died in 1949. She was a member of the Talma Christian church. Surviving besides her son, Herman, are three other sons, Omer and Samuel [HOLLOWAY], R.R. 5, Rochester, and James [HOLLOWAY], Argos; six daughters, Mrs. Harry (Agnes) JORDAN, Mishawaka; Mrs. Edwin (Beryl) CLEMENTS, Twelve Mile; Mrs. Wesley (Elsie) DAY, Kent City, Mich.; Mrs. Charles (Edith) MILKOVICH and Mrs. Pauline OCVIREK, Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. Walter (Irene) HYDE, Warsaw. Also, a brother, William BRYANT, South Bend; five sisters, Mrs. Bertha CLARK and Mrs. Clarence O'CONNER, Rochester; Mrs. Ted LANDIS, Akron; Mrs. Charles CLARK, Milford; and Mrs. Henry BIXLER, South Bend; twenty-four grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. The Foster & Good funeral home here is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete.

Published in the Rochester(IN) New-Sentinel, Tuesday, November 26, 1957

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Talma Christian church for Mrs. Rettie May HOLLOWAY, 76, who died at 7 a.m. Monday after a six-month illness. She lived in the Talma community practically all her life. The Rev. Delbert RHUBERT will officiate at the last rites and burial will be in the Reichter cemetery near Talma. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the services to lie in state.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1957 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh